LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN INTO SPANISH AND FROM SPANISH INTO ITALIAN

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0863

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Spanish Language and Translation

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BANI Sara

FENIZI CARLO GUGLIELMO

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

228

Prerequisites:

In order to access this class, students need to have oral and written comprehension and production skills corresponding to Level A2 of CEFR for Spanish. In order to sit the exam for this class, students must have passed the 1st year exam of Spanish Language.

Objectives

At the end of the course, students will:
- have acquired the reading and oral comprehension skills, as well as the writing and speaking skills of B1 level, and a metalinguistic knowledge of B1 level
- have become aware of the challenges posed by translation at the linguistic, textual, cultural and stylistic levels
- have acquired basic documentation skills for translation

Contents

The course is split into 2 modules:

- Spanish Language (6 credits): Acquisition of level B1 of CEFR and of metalinguistic competences associated to the B1 level

- Translation (6 credits): Spanish into Italian and Italian into Spanish translation of descriptive, narrative and argumentative short texts

Recommended Bibliography

1) Spanish Language

HANDBOOK
Aula Internacional 3, ed. Difusión

GRAMMAR
Gramática básica del estudiante de español (ed. Difusión)

READINGS
Students need to read 3 books among the following:
- Relato de un náufrago (Gabriel G. Márquez)
- En ausencia de Blanca (Antonio Muñoz Molina)
- Carlota Fainberg (Antonio Muñoz Molina)
- Chico y Rita (Mariscal / Trueba)
- Como agua para chocolate (Laura Esquivel)

OTHER REFERENCES

LANGUAGE
Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel B1. Libro del alumno (ed. Edelsa)
Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel B1. Claves (ed. Edelsa)

DICTIONARIES
Dizionario monolingue consigliato: Diccionario Clave
Dizionario bilingue consigliato: Il Grande Dizionario di Spagnolo (Zanichelli)

TRANSLATION

LETI. Lengua española para traducir e interpretar. CLUEB (2001) [https://clueb.it/libreria/contesti-linguistici/leti-lengua-espanola-para...

Hurtado Albir, A. (2001). Traducción y traductología. Madrid: Cátedra.
Moya, V. (2004). La selva de la traducción. Teorías traductológicas contemporáneas. Madrid: Cátedra.

Teaching Methods

The course consists of: (a) classes held by the instructor(s); (b) practical sessions held by the lector(s).

The classes offered by the instructor(s) are both lectures (aimed at providing the necessary theoretical background) and seminars (with students' active participation).

The practical sessions with the lector(s) are highly interactive and are necessary to acquire the language skills needed to successfully complete the final exam.

For these reasons, attendance of both the instructors' and lectors' classes is strongly recommended.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Before the exam, students need to take the CLA exam of B1 level.

Assessment for this module consists of a written and an oral exam.

The written exam consists of:
a test based on B1 level
a translation from Italian into Spanish and from Spanish into Italian
The oral exam consists of:

B1 level conversation
Metalinguistic knowledge of B1 level
Readings (see above)

Contacts/More Information

SYLLABUS VALIDITY
The syllabus is valid for the whole 2021/20212academic year (until the exam session of January/February 2023). For the final grade to be officially registered, students must have successfully completed all the parts of the exam by the last session of the 2021-2022 academic year.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
The syllabus is the same for all students, whether attending or not: non-attending students will autonomously revise and practice the contents and the oral and written skills included in the coursebook, possibly integrating it with the additional recommended reference material.

INSTRUCTORS' OFFICE HOURS
Information about office hours can be found here:
https://www.lingue.unich.it/node/6857
Students are kindly requested to regularly check the page for date/time changes.

LECTOR SESSIONS
The language skills included in the coursebook are developed and practiced during the practical sessions with the lector(s). Attendance of these sessions is therefore essential in order to reach the target language level and for oral and written exam preparation.

LECTOR'S OFFICE HOURS
The lector's office hours can be found here: https://cla.unich.it/offerta-didattica/ricevimento-studenti

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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